Associating Chap Goh Meh, the fifteen night and last day of Chinese New Year with Valentine’s Day isn't something new. On this day, young single ladies supposedly get a chance to meet potential suitors. They supposedly write their names and contact numbers on oranges and throw them into lakes and rivers to be picked up by young single men; a practice not so romantic to qualify for a lover's day, I would say; but this is often cited in written articles about the day that one would think it's a common practice that is still being practised when it's not. Oranges aren't that cheap these days and there aren't many lakes and rivers to go by; not to forget too that people of different sexes mix freely these days and young girls do not need such desperate measure. If there is a Chinese Valentine’s Day at all, it has to be the Qixi Festival.
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